README

Toolkit for working with translation files in Symfony.

Requirements

• PHP >= 5.4

Installation

There are a couple ways you can install Babl.

As a Phar (Recommended)

$ curl http://mloberg.github.io/Babl/installer.php | php

This will place a babl.phar file in your current directory. From there you can move it someplace easier to access (/usr/local/bin) and rename it to just babl.

Globally Through Composer

If you already have tools installed globally through composer, this is probably the best way to go.

$ composer global require mlo/babl --prefer-source

As a Composer Dependency

You can also install Babl through composer so it's always available in your project.

$ composer require --dev mlo/babl

Usage

To see the current version of Babl

$ babl --version

To convert translation files between different formats, use the convert command. For example if you have messages.en.yml, but want an XLIFF.

$ babl convert app/Resources/translations/messages.en.yml xliff

The default format is xliff, but there is also yml and php.

If you want to add a translation entry to a file, use the add command.

$ babl add app/Resources/translations/messages.en.yml greeting "Hello World!"

You can merge multiple translation files together. If the --target option is not set, it will use the first file.

$ babl merge --target translations.en.xliff messges.en.yml validator.en.xliff emails.en.php